Grateful Dead Live at Fillmore East on 1971-04-27
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- 1971-04-27 ( check for other copies)
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- 1.8G
This show has been commercially released as "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead"
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MSR 7 inch (7.5 ips) Revox A 77 > Alesis Masterlink> CD-R; via Bob Murphy; d1,3 are tracked for 80 min; see details in info file; see Bill Gadsden's detailed commentary in pub comments for 4/29/71; note 4 CD best-of-run is available from the Dead
The new Vault release, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead" is a compilation of all five shows from the April, '71 Fillmore run. LAGTGD is from the multitrack masters and is commercially available on Arista, or from GDM at http://mars.dead.net
For the obsessive completist collectors, here are the complete 4-27-71 NRPS & Dead Sets directly from two-track masters.
Errata: Lodi fades in already in progress. Hard To Handle starts late and has some sound fluctuations in the first minute or two. Sugar Magnolia fades in already in progress. There is a splice in the segue between Uncle John's Band and Lovelight. The faults listed above are consistent with previous versions.
shn conversion and ftp uploading by Bob Murphy
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- 2004-06-06 19:32:56
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- 3
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- gd71-04-27.sbd.murphy.2221.sbeok.shnf
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- SBD > MR 7 inch (7.5 ips) Revox A 77 > Alesis Masterlink 9600 > CD-R
- Location
- New York, NY
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- This show has been commercially released as "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Grateful Dead"
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- 2
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- Soundboard
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- This show has been commercially released. For more details see dead.net.
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- Fillmore East
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- 1971
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Subject: So much fun
Enough of my rambling, good show, others in 70’ do rate higher for me, but still something to cherish in the long strange trip for myself and GD.
Subject: H2H not all that
Subject: A couple of things...
First about Garcia's pedal steel playing - I really ... enjoyed it. He seemed to pick things up pretty quickly. Not at all surprising given his level of enthusiasm and focus and hours and hours playing all sorts of music with anyone and everyone. He was definitely not even close to being among the best and he would be the first tell that to anyone who would suggest it. He's probably responsible more that anyone else for me getting into pedal steel players. As always - go to his sources of inspiration and listen to what he listened to. Listening to good stuff and trying to learn it and coming anywhere close to replicating it is an absolute blast. To my mind he was one of the most unassuming and unintentional evangelists for the instrument and the music as anyone is or ever was for anything. He was then and remains a teacher of tremendous influence for many - definitely me.
Second (and the real reason I felt compelled to post something) - the quality of this recording as the source for songs that ended up on the Skull & Roses album. I'm on a "Bertha" kick today, and I thought I'd look for the source for it in it's unedited form. I'm listening to the Skull and Roses version now after listening to this version, and next I'm going back to this version again. To paraphrase the old Roadhog (Lester and the boys) "It don't git no better'n this.."
Okay - edit #1. The Skull & Roses version is "purty dang good". It was a real "out of body" experience for me when the album first came out and when I first heard them do it live. But here I am back listening to this version again. The Skull and Roses version is pretty special. It's almost - ALMOST - as good as this one.
Edit - 01022023 -
Listening to this from the start. What I hear in just the first few bars of Lodi (NRPS - I tend to overlook those magical "NRPS/acoustic/full-blown Grateful Dead experience" shows) - is MUSIC! Garcia's pedal steel on that is good music. That whole aggregation just makes wonderful music. I can get caught up in one part - Nelson's rhythm parts, fills, etc. for instance. Following any one particular instrument through an entire song is a treat, but its contribution to the whole is what makes the music. Garcia is caught up in the music, doing his part to make the best music. I'd bet he's not thinking of that though - he's not thinking at all. He's just making music. Lost in the magic. What better place to be?
Subject: Amazing
level with me here: i've never seen the Dead live. I got into the Grateful Dead summer 2020 after going down the rabbit hole that is the 1960s. I think context is super important, so when i see people here saying stuff like, "yeah. the beach boys here was a head scratcher" NOT REALLY, ACTUALLY.
Beach bums did LSD, beach song bands sang about LSD, and it's not like the Beach Boys weren't all up in all of all of that business hahahaha so, TO ME, listening to this tape for the first time, i was thinking to myself, "wow, these Manhatten shows in April 71 are pretty good. you can tell from night one that there's something going on here" THEN THE BEACH BOYS SHOW UP. ofcourse they would. it's like 2 worlds colliding. it's a beautiful thing. ofcourse they played Good Vibrations. They have to. it's their LSD song. are you kidding me?
Beautiful moment. I popped. i got up, stood up, walked around, threw my arms up. it's 2022. i love this band.
Subject: Fillmore East
After all, I prefer the shows at Fillmore West, it's home turf. This run is straight magic. I agree about the Hard 2 Handle from this night, but the 26th....man were they on!!!!!
Subject: Steel Guitar
Subject: we don't make a party out of lovin'
We don't take no trips on lsd
We don't burn no draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.
I'm ... proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, usa.
Subject: Good show but selective listening is encouraged.
2nd Set: Really strong SUGAR MAGNOLIA but it still isn’t where it’s going to be. DEAL is good but still a slow version and just good. BIRDSONG is where they start to take off dabbling in some intricate stuff here. PITB is tight and well played. DIRE WOLF is played while the Beach Boys set up. SEARCHIN is a mess except for Pig who “saves” it. RIOT is ok. They tell the audience to sing along with GOOD VIBRATIONS. Nobody does. I don’t think they understand this audience. The next two are cringe-worthy. The Dead come back for the sarcastic OKIE. The Dead start off JBG but the BB slow it down and they need to go. SMBH is one of my favorite versions, I’m starting to get it. They start up UJB which is always a crowd-pleaser, and play it well. We think it’s over but they launch into a 20-minute LOVELIGHT that has Pig trying to set up two audience members before everything gets kind of quiet and Pig is almost whispering about needing some love and he knows where she hides it. Great send-off.
Subject: Love it
Subject: hth 8 6 71
more outrageous energy in shorter time
more meltdown, critical mass.
the crowd goes wildnutz WITH the ... crowd !
when i dance my ass falls off! that how i know its "better"
yet this is a longer, verbally clearer version
but im NOT in english class !
i am @aDEAD SHOW!!!!!! again !!! HAAAAAAAAA
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Subject: Best HTH
The rest of the show including the Beach Boys appearance was good but not outstanding. 5 Stars for the HTH, 3-1/2 for the rest of the show.
Subject: wtf?
Subject: Hard to Handle
I know that everyone gets all nuts about that 8/71 Hard to Handle (rightly so), but the 4/27/71 is the best!
5 stars on that track.
Subject: beach boys
Subject: My 2nd Show
Subject: What a trip. The Beach Boys and the Dead together
Subject: Brian Wilson absent, Bob Dylan present
Casey Jones goes on and on and I distinctly remember seeing Weir screaming his head off 'til he was blue in the face. Pigpen was his usual obstreperous self....I am of the opinion that Keith and Donna were the beginning of a long, slow, and at times glorious decline.
Subject: A String of Pearls
The second set begins well. While the Beach Boys add to the novelty of the show, my personal preference is for the band to play by itself. I believe Dennis Wilson is playing drums on Johnny B. Goode and Garcia has to slow down so he can keep up.
Subject: This is the Hard to Handle!
LP
Subject: Beach Boys
Pig Pen's almost-in-tune voice is distracting, as ever. When he drops out after "Searchin," the Beach Boys shine on "Riot," "Good Vibrations," and "I Get Around" (it sounds as if the Dead take a break for those songs).
The Dead join the Beach Boys on "Help Me Rhonda," which takes on a loping "Truckin" feel. It's cut off halfway.
I don't know if Brian Wilson was there that night. It's likely that he wasn't.
Subject: Fillmore Coda
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